Improvement in harvester rake-arms



S. NOXON, Jr.

H'ARVESTER-RAKE ARMS.

No.185,254. Patented Dec.12, 1876.

ATTORNEYS.

SAMUEL NOXON, JR, OF INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTER RAKE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [85,254, dated December 12, 1876; application filed May 27, 1876.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL NoxoN, Jr., of Ingersoll, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Rake-Arm for Harvesters, of which the following is a specification My invention consists of the metallic section of the rake-arm made in two parts, each of which has a part of the pivot for the camroller, and also a pivot for the hinge, by which the arm is hinged to the revolving head of the rake-stand, the arrangement being such that not so manypieces are required, and the construction is simplified, and the maximum of strength is obtained with the minimum of material.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a rake-arm constructed according to my invention; and Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. l on line 00 00.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

two parts of the pivot or journal for the camroller D, formed, respectively, on the parts A; and E represents the pivots for the hinge, by

which the arm is hinged to the revolving head ot' the rake-stand, each pivot E being on one of the metal parts A.

The two parts of the pivot O are held firmly together, and the pivots E are secured in place by the nut F, and by the bolts G and H, by which the metal and Wood parts of the arm are connected.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The metal part of the arm of a harvesterrakc, constructed in two parts, A, each having a part of the pivot C for the cam-roller D, and one of the pivots E, by which the arm is pivoted to the revolving head of the rakestand, substantially as specified.

SAMUEL NOXON, JR.

Witnesses:

G. W. W'ATSON, G. A. STIMSON. 

